Wales Rspca

David Thomas has been sentenced to 24 weeks in prison after a police raid found 29 dogs chained up in filthy conditions and without natural light.

Ryan Warner, 29, was handed a suspended prison sentence. An RSPCA inspector said that the terrier had "scars all over his head, muzzle, neck and ears."

The RSPCA said the number of reports of abandoned animals it has received in the first half of this year is up by 23% in Wales.